***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries***
This week’s giveaway comes from a site that so chock full o’ good stuff that it was a challenge to hone in on the perfect freebie items for this week. We’re talking about Artful Home, a virtual window into over a thousand artists’ studios that gives you access to 12,000+ original art pieces – from wall art and sculpture to furniture and accessories. It’s kinda like Etsy, but contributing artists are all professionals who are selected by a panel of art adjudicators.
So we sifted through the site and fell in love with several pillows and, since we couldn’t settle on just one, we’re letting this week’s lucky winner choose from the four pillows shown below: the nature-inspired linen pillows by Mariah Wren or the graphic, eye-chart pillow by Heather Lins. I know, tough decision, eh?
- PRIZE: Your choice of one of the four pillows shown above (valued at $90 – $95).
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the phrase “I HEART ART” and…
- BONUS QUESTION: Tell us your favorite piece of art currently in your home, whether it’s a piece of fine art made by a professional or fun art made by a preschooler.
- GIVEAWAY CLOSED: Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at 8pm EST
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: One and only one this week.
- ELIGIBILITY: The prize ships to anywhere in the US and Canada.
- THE USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winner will be selected using random.org and announced on Thursday. Good luck!
Get more info on our freebies at our Giveaway FAQs page. Images courtesy of Artful Home.
Steph says
“I HEART ART”
Noelle says
I heart art!
My love had a painting commissioned for me from a local art student. It is a reinterpretation of a fauve work. Love it!
Lauren says
I HEART ART! My college days were spent studying art history and my post-college years have been spent working at the first modern art museum in the U.S. So it is fair to say that I really heart art. My favorite piece is a batik that my mom made in college.
AnnieP says
I HEART ART! – my favorite piece of art in our home is a painting my grandmother did.
Amy says
“I HEART ART”
I would have to say that my favorite piece of art in our house right now… would be the three photographs taken by my mom around my hometown in NY. There are three different pictures taken in the winter with snow on the ground of the Hudson River, the railroad tracks and trees in a field.
nikki says
I HEART ART! and my favorite pieces have to be all the old pictures/wall hangings i got after my grandmother passed.
Sarah says
I heart art!!
My fav piece of art is the landscape oil painting my uncle (a well-known artist in St louis) painted for me last Christmas. It is of a photo I took out in the country so it has meaning to me because I’ve been there, and now have a permanent reminder of that area in my house.
Carrie Hamilton says
I Heart Art!
My favorite piece of art work is a giant stick arrangement that I made for over my fireplace. I spray painted it black and sprinkled a little bit of glitter on it, so it sparkles just a tab when the lights or candles shine on it.
RD Shugart says
I HEART ART! We have an old original painting in our den (which desperately needs remodeling!) that I purchased as a wedding / housewarming gift for us 11 years ago. It’s called “The Student” and has an old world feel to it, with subtle golds, browns and reds in it.
Sara Jane says
I Heart Art!!
My favorite piece(s) of art is a series my sister painted. She painted huge canvases to look like the covers of my favorite books. They’re beautiful and so much more meaningful to me than just an off-the-rack print.
Hilary says
I Heart Art. My favorite piece of art is the wedding gift I gave my husband–it is a picture of how the sky looked the night we met as seen from the place we met. I just looked and it seems that the company that created it is no longer in business. Bummer!
Tammy says
I HEART ART!!! My favorite art currently in my home is my own…. photographs of my travels. It’s fun to manipulate colors to match your palette and have wonderful memories framed to boot!
Marie says
I HEART ART!!
My favorite piece is something I found at the thrift store for $1. It’s a woman’s head with a spoon poised right in front of her mouth, the background is a lemon shade of yellow. Kind of strange but interesting.
Nancy says
I HEART ART…and love the ink rendering of my home that we hang in our foyer!
Melissa H says
I HEART ART and my unique plates from NEW MEXICO!
Brittany B says
I HEART ART!
Katie H says
I HEART ART and my favorite piece of art in my house is a glass murano fish that my husband bought in Venice. We call him Prego!
Jenna W says
I HEART ART!
I love the photography in our home, both the pictures taken by professionals and the ones that we have taken ourselves. :)
Katie says
I HEART ART! I love any artwork made by my kids…it’s all over my house.
Lisa Allbright says
I HEART ART….and I love my British WWII poster with Dr. Carrot (“The Children’s Best Friend) and Mr. Potato (“I make A Good Soup”).
amarie says
I HEART ART! My favorite piece of art is the first drawing my son made me. It’s framed and it’s beautiful!
mary says
I Heart Art!
My favorite pieces are thing I picked up at a local ‘real art’ show, but the ones I bought came from a local high school’s student art table. Those kids are good! And affordable!
Sean R says
I HEART ART. We have some nice canvas art of Hawaii (The Big Island), Maui and Hoboken, NJ from my wife’s parents. They represent where we got engaged, married, and where we met.
Marie says
^ I was talking about a painting of a woman’s head :)
Princess of Power says
I HEART ART! I love the eye chart pillow! My favorite piece of art in my house is probably a repo of a Lichtenstein pop art piece. It hangs in our bedroom and always makes me laugh!
Rachel says
I heart art! My favorite piece in our house is a find from an estate sale. It was pretty cheap ($35) and is a beautiful watercolor. I love love love it and don’t mind staring at it and imaging the things in the dark forest it depicts. Strangely it is the one thing in our house that my husband doesn’t like. Go figure.
Carrie says
I HEART ART! My favorite piece of art was made by my brother in law and given to us for our wedding. Love the linen pillows by Wren!
Becca says
I HEART ART!! Most of our art is either paintings or sketches done by my mother so those are very special to me. We also have a beautiful ketubah from our wedding – I can’t choose a favorite!
Lyndsey says
I HEART ART!
My favorite piece in my home right now is a collection of photographs my class at school presented to me.
Joye says
I Heart ART! My favorite piece of art is a huge 4×8 oil painting I picked up from a recent Brown graduate. It’s mostly yellow and tells the story of her finding a gold craigslist bike. I love it.
Kara Dame says
I Heart Art! My favorite piece of art currently in our home is one my husband and I painted together! It has a very African vibe!
Lea says
I HEART ART! And my favorite piece of art in my home right now is a photo taken by a WA based photographer. Admittedly, it’s not hung, as I’ve been searching for the right frame for, well, a really long time.
nikki says
I heart art!!!
Mary-Grace says
I HEART ART!!!
My favorite piece of art in our home is a gorgeous painting we bought on our honeymoon. It’s a large portrait of an African man done by a semi-famous Parisan woman who travels throughout Africa doing portraits in poor communities. We saw it on our honeymoon in Paris and new it was a must-have :)
jamie says
“I HEART ART” I love my own handmade pieces.
Jess R. says
I HEART ART! :)
My favorite piece to date is a stained glass mermaid my mom made for me.
Jeanne says
I HEART ART
Well we just bought our first home and have very limited art pieces at the moment (boo!) but my favorite would have to be the beautiful home made pottery dishes that were given to us for our wedding. They were made by a local artist in the area where my husband grew up and it was nice to receive a special gift that wasn’t off our registry!
Kinga says
I HEART ART!
My favourite pieces photos I take by myself and I’m able to display them as art.
Nicole says
I HEART ART!
Kristin says
I Heart Art!
My favorite piece of art is an iron sculpture of roses my fiance hand-hammered.
Laura says
I HEART ART! My favorite piece is a sketch of our wedding venue that my cousin’s husband drew for us. He is an architect and that is his wedding gift to any of his relatives that tie the knot!
Mary L says
“I HEART ART” and the tripod lamp I bought at Pottery Barn. It is so me- simple but elegant. Pick meeee.:)
Ashley says
I HEART ART!
I love several paintings that I have by friends and a papercut from Pen and Paper on etsy.
Averill says
I HEART ART
My favorite artwork are some antique Japanese woodblock prints I picked up on the cheap off eBay. I ended up spending more framing them than I did on the art itself, but I do think that a great frame can elevate just about anything to gallery status.
Jessica says
I HEART ART!
I heart the frame my boyfriend made for me out of wood and glass tiles.
Lauren says
I definitely heart the art.
My fav piece in our house is by my good friend Justin Harris who is an uber-talented photographer. It is a jelly fish and oh so pretty, see it at http://www.justinharrisphoto.com.
Lesley B. says
I Heart Art
My fav-o-rite piece in our house is an etching done by a classmate in a printmaking class waaaaaay back in 2003 :) It’s called “night chant”…she did beautiful work!!
Bree says
I HEART ART!! My husband is a film maker and has a piece of “fine art” framed in his office at the house. It’s a page of the screenplay for Rebel Without A Cause and it’s signed by the writer, and our friend, Stewart Stern. That’s our favorite, most treasured piece of art.
Danielle says
I HEART ART! My favorite piece of art is the huge painting my husband and I bought on our honeymoon.
Myra says
I heart art! My favorite pieces of art in our home are watercolors painted by my grandfather!